| | Event type
Individual, Open
| Date | 2 – 5 August 1992 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Real Club de Polo, Barcelona | |
| Participants | 48 from 18 countries | |
| Format | Two rounds, final round score to determine placement. | |
The Grand Prix test was 7 minutes long, while the Grand Prix Special was 7½ minutes. The top 16 riders in the qualifying round advanced to the final round, but only three riders from any nation could advance. This worked against Germany’s Monica Theodorescu, who placed fourth in qualifying, but trailed her three teammates and was not advanced. Defending champion Nicole Uphoff had also won the 1990 World Championship and in Barcelona, became the second dressage rider to defend her gold medal, after Sweden’s Henri Saint Cyr in 1952-56, but Saint Cyr won his gold medals on two different horses, as Rembrandt, under Uphoff, became the first horse to defend a gold medal in this event. Isabell Werth won the silver medal but would improve and win gold at Atlanta in 1996. Klaus Balkenhol won bronze while the top non-German was fourth-placed Dutchwoman Anky van Grunsven, who would win a silver medal in this event in 1996, and then gold medals in 2000, 2004, and 2008.
Qualifying Round
| Date | 2 August 1992 — 8:00 |
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| Format | Qualifying round scores from team event. Top 16 and ties, maximum of three per nation, advance to final round. |
| Pos | Competitor | Horse | NOC | Points | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicole Uphoff-Becker | Rembrandt |  GER | 1,768 | 348 (1) | 357 (1) | 357 (1) | 348 (2) | 358 (1) | ||
| 2 | Isabell Werth | Gigolo | GER | 1,762 | 346 (2) | 354 (2) | 344 (2) | 362 (1) | 356 (2) | ||
| 3 | Klaus Balkenhol | Goldstern | GER | 1,694 | 341 (3) | 351 (3) | 337 (3) | 327 (5) | 338 (3) | ||
| 4 | Monica Theodorescu | Grunox | GER | 1,676 | 337 (4) | 334 (4) | 333 (5) | 336 (3) | 336 (4) | ||
| 5 | Anky van Grunsven | Bonfire |  NED | 1,631 | 322 (6) | 327 (7) | 334 (4) | 329 (4) | 319 (6) | ||
| 6 | Carol Lavell | Gifted |  USA | 1,629 | 326 (5) | 332 (5) | 326 (6) | 320 (=6) | 325 (5) | ||
| 7 | Sissy Max-Theurer | Liechtenstein |  AUT | 1,585 | 309 (=12) | 323 (11) | 318 (=8) | 320 (=6) | 315 (=7) | ||
| 8 | Ellen Bontje | Olympic Larius | NED | 1,577 | 303 (=23) | 329 (6) | 318 (=8) | 314 (9) | 313 (10) | ||
| =9 | Kyra Kyrklund | Edinburg |  FIN | 1,571 | 306 (=15) | 325 (=8) | 317 (=10) | 318 (8) | 305 (=14) | ||
| =9 | Pia Laus | Adrett |  ITA | 1,571 | 310 (=10) | 324 (10) | 317 (=10) | 308 (12) | 312 (=11) | ||
| 11 | Otto Hofer | Renzo |  SUI | 1,548 | 312 (8) | 312 (=15) | 307 (=16) | 302 (=15) | 315 (=7) | ||
| 12 | Christilot Hanson-Boylen | Biraldo |  CAN | 1,543 | 304 (=20) | 325 (=8) | 306 (=20) | 296 (21) | 312 (=11) | ||
| 13 | Anne van Olst | Chevalier |  DEN | 1,542 | 309 (=12) | 317 (=12) | 307 (=16) | 305 (13) | 304 (=17) | ||
| 14 | Anne Grethe Törnblad | Ravel | DEN | 1,540 | 306 (=15) | 312 (=15) | 320 (7) | 302 (=15) | 300 (=23) | ||
| 15 | Tineke Bartels-de Vries | Olympic Courage | NED | 1,534 | 313 (7) | 306 (23) | 309 (=13) | 309 (11) | 297 (27) | ||
| 16 | Anna Merveldt-Steffens | Rapallo |  IRL | 1,527 | 306 (=15) | 299 (=26) | 309 (=13) | 298 (=19) | 315 (=7) | ||
| 17 | Carl Hester | Giorgione |  GBR | 1,523 | 310 (=10) | 317 (=12) | 294 (36) | 298 (=19) | 304 (=17) | ||
| 18 | Tinne Wilhelmsson | Caprice |  SWE | 1,522 | 304 (=20) | 311 (17) | 306 (=20) | 294 (=22) | 307 (13) | ||
| 19 | Margit Otto-Crépin | Maritim |  FRA | 1,521 | 303 (=23) | 308 (=19) | 315 (12) | 290 (29) | 305 (=14) | ||
| 20 | Ann Behrenfors | Leroy | SWE | 1,514 | 307 (14) | 310 (18) | 307 (=16) | 286 (=34) | 304 (=17) | ||
| 21 | Emile Faurie | Virtu | GBR | 1,513 | 303 (=23) | 299 (=26) | 304 (=24) | 311 (10) | 296 (=28) | ||
| =22 | Charlotte Bredahl | Monsieur | USA | 1,507 | 300 (=27) | 308 (=19) | 305 (23) | 301 (17) | 293 (=31) | ||
| =22 | Robert Dover | Lectron | USA | 1,507 | 311 (9) | 287 (=42) | 304 (=24) | 304 (14) | 301 (22) | ||
| 24 | Annica Westerberg | Taktik | SWE | 1,501 | 297 (=31) | 303 (=24) | 303 (=26) | 294 (=22) | 304 (=17) | ||
| =25 | Ruth Hunkeler | Afghadi | SUI | 1,498 | 299 (=29) | 303 (=24) | 306 (=20) | 294 (=22) | 296 (=28) | ||
| =25 | Catherine Durand | Orphée RBO | FRA | 1,498 | 301 (26) | 292 (=34) | 300 (30) | 300 (18) | 305 (=14) | ||
| 27 | Michael Poulin | Graf George | USA | 1,495 | 305 (19) | 299 (=26) | 308 (15) | 281 (=39) | 302 (21) | ||
| 28 | Christine Doan | Dondolo |  AUS | 1,491 | 299 (=29) | 307 (=21) | 291 (41) | 294 (=22) | 300 (=23) | ||
| =29 | Laura Fry | Quarryman | GBR | 1,486 | 304 (=20) | 295 (=30) | 303 (=26) | 293 (26) | 291 (=33) | ||
| =29 | Suzanne Dunkley | Highness |  BER | 1,486 | 296 (=33) | 299 (=26) | 307 (=16) | 286 (=34) | 298 (26) | ||
| 31 | Paolo Giani Margi | Destino di Acciarella | ITA | 1,481 | 293 (38) | 307 (=21) | 297 (32) | 285 (36) | 299 (25) | ||
| 32 | Doris Ramseier | Renatus | SUI | 1,478 | 286 (45) | 313 (14) | 299 (31) | 289 (=30) | 291 (=33) | ||
| 33 | Carol Parsons | Vashkar | GBR | 1,468 | 297 (=31) | 292 (=34) | 295 (=34) | 291 (28) | 293 (=31) | ||
| 34 | Cindy Ishoy | Dakar | CAN | 1,466 | 294 (=36) | 295 (=30) | 295 (=34) | 288 (32) | 294 (30) | ||
| 35 | Eva Karin Oscarsson-Göthberg | Lille Claus | SWE | 1,460 | 300 (=27) | 290 (=36) | 303 (=26) | 287 (33) | 280 (=43) | ||
| 36 | Lene Hoberg | Bayard | DEN | 1,451 | 295 (35) | 290 (=36) | 302 (29) | 277 (44) | 287 (37) | ||
| 37 | Serge Cornut | Olifant Charrière | FRA | 1,444 | 287 (=43) | 295 (=30) | 293 (=37) | 279 (41) | 290 (35) | ||
| 38 | Inna Zhurakovskaya | Podgon |  EUN | 1,443 | 296 (=33) | 294 (33) | 293 (=37) | 278 (=42) | 282 (=41) | ||
| 39 | Daria Fantoni | Sonny Boy | ITA | 1,439 | 288 (=41) | 289 (41) | 296 (33) | 283 (38) | 283 (40) | ||
| 40 | Annemarie Sanders-Keijzer | Olympic Montreux | NED | 1,436 | 290 (40) | 290 (=36) | 283 (43) | 289 (=30) | 284 (39) | ||
| 41 | Yoshinaga Sakurai | Matador |  JPN | 1,435 | 306 (=15) | 282 (=44) | 277 (45) | 292 (27) | 278 (45) | ||
| 42 | Dominique d'Esmé | Rapport II | FRA | 1,427 | 291 (39) | 287 (=42) | 279 (44) | 281 (=39) | 289 (36) | ||
| 43 | Juan Matute | N'Est Pas |  ESP | 1,426 | 288 (=41) | 282 (=44) | 292 (=39) | 278 (=42) | 286 (38) | ||
| 44 | Olga Klimko | Shipovnik | EUN | 1,420 | 294 (=36) | 281 (46) | 292 (=39) | 273 (46) | 280 (=43) | ||
| 45 | Laura Conz Dall'Ora | Lahti | ITA | 1,419 | 287 (=43) | 290 (=36) | 284 (42) | 276 (45) | 282 (=41) | ||
| 46 | Bent Jensen | Ariston | DEN | 1,411 | 285 (46) | 290 (=36) | 275 (46) | 284 (37) | 277 (46) | ||
| 47 | Irina Zuykova | Barin | EUN | 1,340 | 273 (47) | 273 (47) | 269 (47) | 262 (47) | 263 (48) | ||
| 48 | Martina Pracht | Emirage | CAN | 1,313 | 267 (48) | 264 (48) | 264 (48) | 251 (48) | 267 (47) |
Final Round
| Date | 5 August 1992 — 9:00 |
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| Pos | Competitor | Horse | NOC | Points | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicole Uphoff-Becker | Rembrandt | GER | 1,626 | 338 (1) | 328 (1) | 320 (1) | 313 (1) | 327 (1) | ||
| 2 | Isabell Werth | Gigolo | GER | 1,551 | 319 (2) | 311 (2) | 307 (2) | 307 (2) | 307 (3) | ||
| 3 | Klaus Balkenhol | Goldstern | GER | 1,515 | 298 (3) | 308 (3) | 298 (3) | 301 (3) | 310 (2) | ||
| 4 | Anky van Grunsven | Bonfire | NED | 1,447 | 280 (=5) | 297 (4) | 291 (4) | 288 (4) | 291 (4) | ||
| 5 | Kyra Kyrklund | Edinburg | FIN | 1,428 | 291 (4) | 295 (5) | 286 (5) | 275 (8) | 281 (=6) | ||
| 6 | Carol Lavell | Gifted | USA | 1,408 | 280 (=5) | 275 (11) | 285 (6) | 283 (5) | 285 (5) | ||
| 7 | Pia Laus | Adrett | ITA | 1,389 | 280 (=5) | 279 (7) | 276 (=8) | 273 (9) | 281 (=6) | ||
| 8 | Sissy Max-Theurer | Liechtenstein | AUT | 1,380 | 271 (9) | 281 (6) | 283 (7) | 282 (6) | 263 (14) | ||
| 9 | Ellen Bontje | Olympic Larius | NED | 1,361 | 263 (12) | 276 (10) | 276 (=8) | 271 (10) | 275 (11) | ||
| 10 | Anne van Olst | Chevalier | DEN | 1,358 | 273 (8) | 274 (12) | 265 (11) | 270 (11) | 276 (10) | ||
| 11 | Anna Merveldt-Steffens | Rapallo | IRL | 1,355 | 255 (15) | 278 (=8) | 269 (10) | 281 (7) | 272 (12) | ||
| 12 | Christilot Hanson-Boylen | Biraldo | CAN | 1,347 | 261 (13) | 278 (=8) | 263 (13) | 267 (13) | 278 (9) | ||
| 13 | Anne Grethe Törnblad | Ravel | DEN | 1,334 | 268 (11) | 271 (13) | 264 (12) | 265 (14) | 266 (13) | ||
| 14 | Otto Hofer | Renzo | SUI | 1,328 | 269 (10) | 263 (14) | 248 (16) | 268 (12) | 280 (8) | ||
| 15 | Tineke Bartels-de Vries | Olympic Courage | NED | 1,302 | 258 (14) | 261 (15) | 260 (14) | 261 (15) | 262 (15) | ||
| 16 | Carl Hester | Giorgione | GBR | 1,254 | 243 (16) | 253 (16) | 254 (15) | 258 (16) | 246 (16) |